Employment:

Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France (June 2022 - Present) 

Research Engineer on the project EASI-STRESS (European Activity for Standardisation of Industrial residual STRESS characterization) responsible mainly for activities within Work Package 4:

• Defining a common framework (in terms of algorithms for signal and data processing, including common data formats) for the various neutron and synchrotron-based techniques used for strain / stress measurements within the EASI-STRESS project.

• Designing and developing efficient algorithms capable to process data (from raw data to results including errors analysis) for the techniques involved and cases relevant for EASI-STRESS. This work is based on former work achieved for neutron diffraction (VAMAS-TS165, ISO 21432:2019, SINE2020 and BrightnESS²) and aims to extend the framework to the various synchrotron and laboratory X-ray set-ups. The interoperability of these protocols and algorithms will be demonstrated using round-robin tests.

• Coordinating the development of the common software package SOFT-AIS (“SOFTwareAnalyser for Industrial Stress”) which calculates strain / stress values from reduced neutron and synchrotron-based data while also guaranteeing consistent reporting of results in addition to allowing comparison to stress values from Finite Element Modeling - software.

• Collecting and analyzing neutron strain scanning data at / from different facilities (ILL, PSI, ISIS) representing well-defined industrially relevant reference components.

Laboratoire de Cristallograhie et Sciences des Matériaux & Laboratoire Catalyse et Spectrochimie , Caen, France (July 2020 - Feb. 2022 & April - May 2022)

• Studying the local structure of selected high temperature polymorphs of CaTeO3. For this we are utilizing diffraction and total scattering data (neutron and X-ray) in combination with solid state NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations.

• Structural studies of modified zeolite materials based on different framework types (CHA, RHO, and BPH) using X-ray diffraction and X-ray total scattering.

• Developing procedures for collecting X-ray total scattering data on a Rigaku SmartLab diffractometer. Subsequent Pair Distribution Function analysis with small box and big box modelling. Collecting diffraction data mainly with the SmartLab from different types of samples ranging from powders, thin films, alloys, to suspensions in capillaries. Responsible for the upkeep of the instrument as well as the installation and maintenance of sample environments  such as temperature chambers (Anton Paar: HTK1200, XRK900; OxfordCryosystems: PheniX). Also working on the implementation of a multi-modal gas delivery system and its integration with the SmartLab diffractometer. Additionally, performing non-ambient measurements on other diffractometers, for example, in-situ low temperature gas adsorption (Anton Paar: TTK450) with a PANalytical X'Pert 1 diffractometer.

Research Employment:

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA 

Industry collaboration with the company Revelent (Jan. 2018 – Mar. 2020) 

Analyzing samples for the ENERCAT project with X-ray diffraction, Pair Distribution Function Analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy, Electron Backscatter Diffraction but also being involved in developing a Broadband Acoustic Resonance Dissolution Spectroscopy system

Graduate Research Assistant working on the N2 adsorption in zeolite project (May 2015 – Dec 2015)

AMAG Austria Metall AG, Ranshofen, Austria (May 2014 – Jul. 2014)

Improvement of a microwave digestion system based sample preparation processes used in conjunction with inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy

Internships in the field of Chemistry: 

 Axalta Coating Systems Austria GmbH, Guntramsdorf, Austria                   Summer 2013

Worked in the laboratory for spraying varnish, Duration: four weeks

Hagleitner Hygiene International, Zell am See, Austria                                  Summer 2004

Worked in the office and in the laboratory, Duration: four weeks

DGT Galvano Duscher, St. Florian am Inn, Austria Summer 2003

Worked in the laboratory, Duration: four weeks

Innstadt Brewery, Passau, Germany                                                                     Summer 2002

Worked in the factory and the laboratory, Duration: four weeks 

Other Employment:

Young Enterprises Media, Vienna, Austria (Mar. 2010 – Dec. 2010)

Controlled and supervised some small advertisement and promotion events

Verkehrsplanung Käfer GmbH (traffic planning and management),Vienna, Austria (June 2012 – June 2013)

Contribution to different road traffic surveying